10 great books to sink into as the monsoon begins. Preview them here
ByUrvee Modwel
Jul 20, 2023 02:37 PM IST
What to read next? We’re teasing the hottest new books to fill up your Kindle and get you through the #BrunchBookChallenge. Dive right in!
FICTION
How to Fall Out of Love Madly
Jana Casale
We’re teasing 10 new reads from India’s most exciting authors. A RAW hitman tells his fiery tale, the Sultans of Oman open up, short stories are translated into English for the first time. (Illustration by Malay Karmakar)
This is for anyone looking for a book that’s funny, smart and hard-hitting, and enjoys reading about women and their many relationships—with one another, their mothers, work, men, and themselves.This is for anyone with an interest in the history of the Indian Ocean, the Middle East and South Asia. This historical account of the Sultans of Oman details their battles, daring expeditions, epic triumphs and ingenious politics in the nineteenth century.This is for anyone wanting to go on a journey to the past with the protagonist as she tries to figure out a mystery amid the secrets her dementia-afflicted mother has started to spill.This is for anyone looking for interesting insights into our relationship with eating, and wants to read more about what, how and where Indians are producing and trading food.This for you if, like this author, you believe that everything happens for a reason, his characters, who meet through subtle parallels and strange coincidences will strike a chord. Pick this one up to examine the question, ‘How free are we, truly?’This for you if you would like to follow an immigrant’s story of survival, forgiveness and moving on. And anyone who wants to read the Michelin-starred chef’s new book before the movie (with Shabana Azmi and Prateik Babbar) comes out.This is for you if you enjoy Ruskin Bond and want to immerse themselves in a quick, easy read that will transport them to a time that was simpler and slower, with characters that are quirky yet lovable.This is for you if intrigue and deceit sound like great hooks, and if true stories seem better than fiction. It is based upon the double murder of gangsters Raju Pargai and Amit Arya in Uttarakhand, in September 2011.This is for anyone looking for a solid anthology of contemporary Malayalam stories, which have finally been translated into English. The stories move in and out of homes and take readers into convents and panchayats, airports and tourist resorts, from the highlands to coastal areas and the urban cities.
